Lasting-machine



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M. BROOK.

LASTING MACHINE.

Patented Oct. 18, 1887.

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LASTING MACHINE.

No. 371,816. Patented Oct. 18,1887.

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LASTINGHMAC'HINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,816, dated October18, 1887.

Application filed June 6, 1887. S

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MATTHIAs BROOK, of Boston, county of Suffolk, andState of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inLasting-Machines, of which the following description, in connection withthe accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on thedrawings representing like parts.

In the lastinganachine described in United States Patent No. 203,156,dated September 17, 1878, and upon which this invention is animprovement, the toe-wiper had a movement parallel to the bolt, whichserves as a pivot for the cam employed to actuate the toe'wiper; butsuch plan for moving the toe-wiper has in practice been foundobjectionable, especially when the last employed has an overhanging toe,for with only the movement stated the toe-wiper cannot act to lay theupper close to the edge of the bot-tom of the last or close to what maybe termed the corner of thelast,or that part of the last between thebottom on which the inner sole lies and the toe part of the last.

My invention has for its object to so pivot and actuate the toe-wipercarrier and toearound the overhanging toe.

My invention consists, essentially, in the combination, with a lasthaving an overhanging toe and toe-rest, of a toe-wiper adapted to movetransversely across the overhanging toe of the last and then inwardlyfrom the said toe toward the bottom of the last, the said toewipercoming in contact with the top of the overhanging toe and following itscontour junction of the overhanging toe and the bottom of the last, aswill be described.

Figure 1, in vertical section and elevation, shows a suffieient portionof a lasting-machine, which, taken in connection with the machinedescribed in UnitedStates Patent No. 208,156, will enable my presentinvention to be understood. Fig. 2 is a detail, looking at the face ofthe slide, upon which is mounted the toewiper carrier, the said figurealso showing part of the oscillating plate and carriage or plate-holder.Fig. 3 shows the toe-wiper carrier removed. Fig. 4 is a rear sideelevation erial No. 240,427. (No model.)

of the toe-wiper carrier, the clamping-pin for holding the toe-wiperbeing in position. Fig. 5 shows the toe wiper by itself; Fig. 6, a viewof the toe of the last. Fig. 7 is a section of Fig. 4 on the line 00 x;and Fig. 8 is a View of the mechanism, looking toward the face of thewiper, with the toe-rest and last removed.

The toe-rest a, the rod a, upon which it is pivoted, the cam a the block13, abutment B, downhold O, toe-wiper D, oscillating plate G, cam diskor hub D, shown as grooved at its periphery and at its upper and lowersides, the carriage or plate-holder H, the connectingslide 02 its rolleror other stud to enter the 6 groove at the periphery of the cam disk orhub D, the short rod (1*, and screw are all substantially as inthepatent referred to,wherein like letters are employed to designatelike parts so that the same need not be herein further specificallydescribed.

The oscillating plate G is attached to the carriage or plate-holder H bythe screw g ,referred to, and a depending portion, as 9 of the saidplate-holder H is dovetailed, as best 7 shown in Fig. 2, to receive init a slideplate, 2, which is connected by the stud d to theconnectingslide 01 so that as the cam or hub Dis rotated the said grooveat its periphery receiving the roller-stud is made to move theconnecting-slide d up and down, the latter causingthe slide-plate 2 tobe moved'in the dovetailed portion 9 of the plate-holder H.

The slide-plate 2 has two ears, as 3, between which is placed a lug, 4,of a toe-wiper carrier, c, the said lug being pivoted beween the saidears by a suitable pin or pivot, 8. The toe-wiper carrier is grooved, asshown in Figs.

3 and 4, to receive the shank 6 of the toewiper D, composed,preferably,of two leaves, 20, of spring-steel,and a lining, 22,which maybe of metal, as brass, or of leather, rawhide, or other usual material,the said shank being provided with a hole, 7, through which .is insertedapivot-pin, 8, the latter alsobeing eX- tended through holes 9 in thetoe-wiper carrier. The toe-wiper carrier 0 at itsrear side has suitableears, ,between which, by a pivotscrew, 10, is mounted a cam, f, madeadjustable by means of an adjusting device, (shown as a screw,) 13, sothat the said cam may be made to occupy a position more or less inclinedwith relation to the rear side of the said carrler.

The oscillating plate G has at its front side (see Fig. 2) suitableears, 15, between which is placed a roller, 16, against which the saidcam f strikes as the slide-plate 2 is raised, as described, whichresults in causing the toewiper to move not only vertically or acrossthe highest part of the overhanging toe of the last, but also diagonallyforward while in contact with the overhanging toe of the last, and alongthat part of the overhanging toe from the highest part to the edgeformed by the junction of the overhanging toe with the bottom of thelast, thereby enabling the toewiper to wipe the upper from the top'ofthe toe of the last completely around the toe, or from the highestpoint, 24:, of the toe of the last to the'corner or edge line,25,of thebottom of the last upon which the inner sole rests,the

upper being held firmly by the toe-wiper closely against the entire toepart of the last between the parts 24 and 25.

As herein shown, the pivotal point of the toe-wiper carrier is nearly inline with the toe of the last, and the movement of the toe-wiper isupward and backward toward the shank of the last.

I believe myself to be the first to invent devices whereby the toe-wiperis given a movement from the highest part, as 24, of the toe of the lastbackwardly along and in the line of heel-pin, as in the said patent, orin other usual manner.

I claim- 1. In alasting-machine employing a lasthaving an overhangingtoe, as described, the combination, with the said last, of a toe-wiperand means, substantially as described, to actuate it to cause the saidtoe-wiper to travel transversely across the toe from the overhangingportion thereof to the junction of the toe with the bottom of the last,as set forth.

2. In a lasting-machine, a toe-rest, a toewiper, a carrier therefor, anda slide-plate uponwhich the carrier is pivoted, and with means to movethe said slide-plate longitudinall y, substantially as set forth.

3. In a lasting-machine, a toe-rest, a toewiper, a carrier therefor, aslide-plate upon which the toe-wiper is pivoted,combined with a cam-toeffect the movement of the toe-wiper transversely across the end of thetoe of the last backward along the overhanging toe of the last to theedge of the bottom of the last, substantially as described.

4. In a lasting-machine, a toe-rest, a toewiper, a carrier therefor, anda slide-plate upon which the toe-wiper is pivoted,combined with a cam toeffect the movement of the toe-wiper from the end of the toe of the lastbackward along the overhanging toe of the last to the edge of the bottomof the last, and with means to adjust the said cam, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MATTHIAS BROCK.

Witnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, B. DEWAR.

